The head of the EPA plans to return to the town Tuesday along with the governors of Ohio and Pennsylvania to discuss the cleanup and efforts to keep people safe.
NEW!OMAHA, Neb. — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wants the nation’s freight railroads to immediately act to improve safety while regulators try to strengthen safety rules in the wake of a fiery derailment in Ohio that forced evacuations when toxic chemicals were released and burned.
Even though government data shows that derailments have declined in recent years, there were still 1,049 of them last year. Buttigieg said railroads and tank car owners should take action themselves to accelerate their plan to upgrade the tank cars that haul flammable liquids like crude oil and ethanol by 2025 instead of waiting to comply with the 2029 standard Congress ultimately approved after regulators suggested the earlier deadline.
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